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Zusatztext Creativity is both cause and effect of successful! effective! and meaningful careers - and even a way of viewing careers. The landscape of careers is changing. We need to think "outside the box" to be ready. This collection . . . explodes the box. Get ready for the future and read this book. Informationen zum Autor Maury A. Peiperl is Associate Dean and Director of the Careers Research Initiative at London Business School. He has taught, written, and consulted for over fifteen years on four continents in the areas of executive careers, human resource management, performance, and change, and sits on the boards of several companies. He is also a director of a consulting firm specializing in performance, change, communications, and careers issues.Michael B. Arthur is Professor of Management at the Sawyer School of Management, Suffolk University, Boston. He has written and researched widely on the subject of careers, and his research focuses on alternative ways to link individual career theory and collective action.N. Anand is Assistant Professor of Organizational Behaviour at London Business School. Anand's research interests include the constitution and emergence of industrial fields, the organization of the commercial music industry, knowledge management in professional service firms, and behaviour in financial services firms. Klappentext How does one combine a challenging career with creativity? This book answers that question. Career Creativity explores different models of careers and creativity and the necessity for it. It is broken into four sections of study; 'Creative Careers Observed', 'Creative Careers Enacted', Careers in Creative Industries' and 'Careers Creating Industries'. This volume links these two ideals with key examples from various professions, countries and industries. Zusammenfassung The premise of this book is that careers and creativity are connected, both at the level of the individual and of the larger institutions of work and society. It explores models of creativity and careers, linking them with examples from a range of professions, countries, and industries. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: N. Anand, Maury Peiperl, and Michael Arthur: Introducing Career Creativity Part I: Creative Careers Observed 2: Kerr Inkson: Thinking Creatively about Careers: The Use of Metaphor 3: Birgitta Södergren: Paths to Creativity for Knowledge-Intensive Workers 4: Hugh P. Gunz, Martin G. Evans, and R. Michael Jalland: Chalk Lines, Open Borders, Glass Walls, and Frontiers: Careers and Creativity 5: Michelle L. Buck, Mary Dean Lee, and Shelley M. MacDermid: Designing Creative Careers and Creative Lives through Reduced-Load Work Arrangements Part II: Creative Careers Enacted 6: Gray Poehnell and Norman Amundson: CareerCraft: Engaging with, Energizing, and Empowering Career Creativity 7: Polly Parker: Creativity in Contract Workers' Careers 8: Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld: Career Resilience and the Mastery of Career Adversity 9: Douglas T. Hall, Guorong Zhu, and Aimin Yan: Career Creativity as Protean Identity Part III: Careers in Creative Industries 10: José Luis Alvarez and Silviya Svejenova: Symbiotic Careers in Movie Making: Pedro and Agustin Almodovar 11: Candace Jones: Signaling Expertise: How Signals Shape Careers in Creative Industries 12: Ellen A. Ensher, Susan E. Murphy, and Sherry E. Sullivan: Boundaryless Careers in Entertainment: Executive Women's Experiences Part IV: Careers Creating Industries 13: Richard A. Peterson and N. Anand: How Chaotic Careers Create Orderly Fields 14: Monica C. Higgins: Careers Creating Industries: Some Early Evidence from the Biotechnology Industry 15: Robert J. DeFillippi and Michael B. Arthur: Career Creativity to Industry Influence: A Bluepring for the Knowledge Economy? 16: Michael Arthur, Maury Peiperl, and N. Anand: Staying Creative about Careers...
